Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Jomalig in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Jomalig in Philippines. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us60007bh6. Unique identifier: us60007bh6. The temblor was reported at 02:04:37 / 2:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 122.8501° East, 14.792° North, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/01/20 / 2020-01-06 18:04:37 / January 6, 2020 @ 6:04 pm.

Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Elena, Basud, Tulay na Lupa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Daet (c. 78 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Jose Pañganiban (c. 21 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Labo (c. 18 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Mercedes (c. 17 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Santa Elena (c. 14 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Vinzons (c. 13 600 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km E of Jomalig, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	122.8501° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	14.792° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	52km E of Jomalig, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-01-06 18:04:37	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-01-28 22:06:44	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	284	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.976	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.51 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	126	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us60007bh6	Id of event.
Event Code	60007bh6	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us60007bh6,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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